Experiences at AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless)

Mostly technical

National Project Management Organization

Tek Systems, Contract to hire.

Stay close to the subject matter experts and learn as much as you can, as fast as you can. Move quickly to gain the trust and confidence of leadership and then distinguish your work by consistently exceeding expectations.

Different ways of quickly adding network capacity.

Diversity, job satisfaction, personnel interaction

Being able to plan additional network capacity prior to its trigger or violation.

Constantly moving baselines.

- Responsible for as many as 12 Project Managers and 104 Data projects in direct support of AT&T Wireless Mobility Services Division.
- Primary responsibilities include becoming the PMO of choice, delivering projects at or below budget, on or before schedule, and consistently exceeding customer expectations.
- Major thrusts embrace New Product Development, Core Network Capacity, Hardware Rationalization and Decommissioning, Software Upgrades, Network Integration, and Business as Usual (BAU) data-centric projects.
- Current projects address Internet Protocol Transfer points (ITPs), Master Integrated Network Directories (MIND), Cisco Content Services Gateways (CSGs), Mobile Access Gateways (MAGs), Open Messaging Gateways, Short Messaging Services (SMS), and Remote Authentication, Dial-in User Services (Radius).
- Inherent processes require the administration of an Applied Engineering Model applied across all seven layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model.
- Routine "Deep Dives" includes detailed planning associated with Mobile Application Gateways as well as Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems launch readiness. Routine vendor support contact with Ericsson, Motorola, Open Wave, Cisco, Microsoft, Nokia, Siemens, Acision, and Sun Microsystems.
- Major accomplishments include the engineering, installation, and maintenance of I-Phone, the de-commissioning of two National Data Centers, and the completion of 138 Data-centric projects in support of AT&T Wireless Mobility operations.
- PMATT, Primavera (P3-E), Report Writer, Business Objects, M/S Project, Visio, and the M/S Office Suite are used for daily resource management, reporting, and Earned-Value Evaluations....

Professional Flexibility